The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-05-11
NEW YORK'S CAPITOL.
A LEGISLATIVE CORRESPONDENT
TELLS or ITS HUMORS.
How the People Flock to the Most E1-
pensive Law Makers Building I'm
America-A Young Man and His Cir
who Missed a Train and So Got Married.


the great granite heart Of the greatest STATE
Of the nation, where the pulsations Of gov
eminent never cease thrObbing
During the months Of june and October The
capitol is the favorite resort for newly mar
ried couples who visit Albany during theiI
honeymoon. The billing and cooling Of thes,
new voyagers on the sea Of matrimony can h
heard in obscure corridors at all hours Of the
day during those pleasant months Visitors
desiring 20 make a tour Of The building are
usually accompanied by orderiios, who act o..
| guides These ciccrones receive from go "a
500 month from the state and in addition %
this they realize from - % So q month in
| "tips' from generous visitors. The capitol
! orderly is usually the heller Of state officers,
| legislators or the like, and his chance Of pro
motion depends far more upon the number
Of votes Dee can influence i'm lis native town
than his capacity as guide Young benedicts,
literary and scientific men who 60 through
the building in search Of information, and
relic hunters seldom cross the itching palm NJ
the orderly with coin. These people are
courteous and dismiss the guide with many
! thanks, bat DO NOT leave any substantial token
of remembrance When these people stras
| gle into the building the veteran orderlie
disappear into occult passages like so many
| prairie dogs, thus leaving the newly ap-
| pointed guide % pilot the supposed par.imo-
| niou- visitors about the structure
Occasionally parties of college students are
allowed 90 wander through the corridors with
a guide. Last week hevyof boarding school
las,es came very near winding am old
orderly who c,-ayed 10 point out the wonders
Of the wonderful pile. The young ladie, came
70 the capital from Saratoga Springs, and
were only too happy at finding that the guide
who was unfortunate enough 90 assume charge
Of them was ready 90 look upon their every
caprice iu solemn earnest When the party
reached the head of The grand staircase, tire
guide shouted lrautically for help when one
Of the freshly student, started o. walk light
rope which bad been stretched over The area-
way by w0rhmcn Aftera series Of startling
incident, the gIeeiui young ladies rushed down
the granite steps to the first floor like % crowd
OF hoy, Do ont of school. with tlc frightened
and exhausted orderly n their midst. The
guide was presented with purse of 81 when
Dc wa, dismissed
s California millionaire, accompanied by
hi- wife and daughter, recently presented
coute0u. guide with 50 And shorly after
ward the same orderly bad charge, preferred
against him by notary public from DeIa-
ware comfy, who thought that MS Boz had
been appointed hy The governor he should bee
permitted 90 peer into every private appoint
ment DOB the building lie charged the guide
with iu,o.ence, and the poor fellow was sus-
pended
When am excursion train With 300 or
1000 clun'rymou arrive. at the Union depot
the visitors make bee line for the capitol
They usually carry luncheon in baskets and
troop into the hullng like q flock of sheep
so attempt is made to conduct these people
through the building, unless perOlance the
parties having the excursion n charge
demand that the visitors Dc shown the
sights in parties Of twenty and thirty lu
this event the superintendent of the 0rlerie-
assigns men 10 care for the excu>loui.ts boz
squads.
Many Of these parties are composed of
young SWANS and their "best girl They
wander Of into dark corridors, or into pas
sages which lead t0 windows aiIOrlng good
view Of the Hudson river valley, where they
make the best of the opportunity % spark
until the excursion train leaves for their
country home. If some Of those corridors
could re-echO the words Of affection and
vows Of eternal love that have been wills
perol by ardent lovers many an interesting
tale would DE told Not long since young
country lawyer aud his ailiancei fingered in
one of the corridors until the train had pulled
out of the Union depot. They were strangers
DOB the city, ana could not reach home ly rail
until tho next day So, IN order % get out
Of his plight, the young man popped the
question. WAS accepted, and teleglaphed thus
D. his parents I'VE missed the train, Isabella
and j. and got married.
Visitors 90 the executive chamber stand for
a few minute, watching Governor Hill bee
fore allowing their eyes % wander about the
spacious apartment with It's elegant and
stately furniture The governor, who sits al
plain desk which is about e by lO in dimen
si0ns, seldom looks up from his work unless
his private secretary announces the advent of
friends The executive is gazed upon by the
great majority Of visitors as If be were big
polar bear The visitors usually keep at
respectful distance from him. but now and
then parties of rural voters who supported
his cxcellency for governor side up o. the
executive desk AMI wait for glance from
the bald headed bachelor When the COVER
nor does look up the rustics mutely beseech
"a hand shake, and are usually favored by
genial smile and "a cordial welcome by the
governor Buuches of six or eight young la-
dies. who sweep by in making "a tour Of the
building. are greeted with "a smile hy the
governor if he happens 10 look nap from bis
manuscript and catch glimp-e Of the arch
glauces that are leveled at him by "a half
dozen pairs Of sparkling eyes
When the legislature is not in session curl
Gus visitors climb zap into the presidents
chair in the ONYX walled senate chamber and
the speakers chair in the assembly, rap on
the resonant desk as il calling fancici legis
laturc 10 order and shout just % see how their
voices sound iu the vacant apartments Since
there has been so much talk u the assembly
ceiling falling, some timid visitors decline %
20 beyond the threshold Of the main entrance
The legislative lobby has been expelled
from the floor OF both branches Of the legis
lature this session None but officers, mem
hers and oflicialreporters are admitted within
the rail surrounding the august bodies And
now a lobbyist who wishes 10 converse with